Research Projects

New

Transitional Justice Project
The Center is planning a three-year seminar to analyze key focal issues and questions pertaining to transitional justice. The aim of the seminar is to bring together scholars, policy makers, practitioners, and students in order to analyze and assess the effectiveness of transitional justice mechanisms established to deal with crimes committed by previous regimes. Each semester, four experts will present their preliminary research. The papers of the presenters will be distributed in advance to all seminar participants, so as to ensure high quality in-depth discussion of all the pertinent issues raised in each presentation. In addition, each presentation will be followed by a brief commentary as a way of introducing the relevant focal issues and questions for discussion. It is important to stress that our seminar will place particular emphasis on attracting qualified voices from the global south which can offer insights and share their experiences in coping with the challenges of transition. The best papers and commentaries will be selected to become part of an edited volume, which will constitute the starting point for a future research project focusing on one or two of the main sub-themes of the seminar.

Ongoing

CUNY Graduate Center: The Human Rights Seminar Series

Policing Across Borders:
The Role of Law Enforcement in Global Governance

The Center for International Human Rights at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice will explore key challenges confronting law enforcement in dealing with transnational threats, in particular terrorism and transnational organized crime (TOC) thanks to a significant grant recently awarded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The program will involve law enforcement officers from Greece, Turkey and other Balkan countries, as well as academics and representatives of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. Through this grant, John Jay College of Criminal Justice will examine key challenges confronting the law enforcement community in dealing with three key transnational threats: terrorism; drug-trafficking; and human trafficking/ migrant smuggling. The grant will fund a series of workshops that will not only provide insights into these ongoing challenges but also contribute to the strengthening of regional security networks capable of dealing with problems posed by terrorism and transnational organized crime.

The first two workshops will examine existing legislative and institutional initiatives in these issue areas, assess their strengths and weaknesses and explore the prospects for more effective regional collaboration. The third workshop will build on the findings of the two workshops and examine the ways in which recent initiatives focusing on policy advocacy, revision of legislation, capacity building and the development of operational networks for action at the national and regional levels can strengthen the overall contribution of law enforcement to governance. The findings of these workshops will result in a scholarly publication and in the preparation of a manual on best practices to ensure effective transnational police cooperation and strengthen regional police networks. Law enforcement from Greece, Turkey and other Balkan countries, as well as academics and representatives of both intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations will participate in these workshops. These workshops will be organized by the Center for International Human Rights and held at John Jay College in cooperation with the Center for Security Studies (KE.ME.A.) at the Greek Ministry of Public Order. Professor George Andreopoulos, Director of the Center for International Human Rights at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, will direct this project. Building on the momentum generated by these workshops, the grant will also support development of a masters level scholarship program for Greek law enforcement officers, to be selected by the Center for Security Studies (KE.ME.A.) at the Greek Ministry of Public Order.

Second Workshop

• Agenda

• Presentations


Welcoming Remarks


Workshop Participants


Workshop Participants


Presentation by Mr. Bogdan Budeanu,
Head of Service for Combating Trafficking in
Human Beings, General Inspectorate of
Romanian Border Police, Romania (063)


The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (www.SNFoundation.org), an international philanthropic organization, supports charitable activities in four primary areas: arts and culture, education, health and medicine, and social welfare. The Foundation, governed by its Board of Directors, makes grants to not-for-profit organizations throughout the world. In addition, the Foundation maintains a major commitment to supporting programs in Greece through the guidance of a locally based advisory committee.